# Who are the top 30 charity CEOs on social media? - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/22/top-30-charity-ceos-social-media/ - Published: 2013-11-22T10:34:42+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake LinkedIn has its index of the 30 best CEOs who use social media. Noting there was no charity sector version, digital communications consultants [Zoe Amar](http://www.zoeamar.com) and [Matt Collins](http://www.charitychap.com) set out to create one. The results were announced last night at an event for charity leaders hosted by the Brook and sponsored by [The Access Group](http://www.theaccessgroup.com/). Their report on the top 30 charity CEOs on social media is designed to celebrate and showcase best practice amongst charity CEOs. The list was drawn up from 117 nominations which were judged by a panel of experienced charity digital staff, namely Simon Blake, CEO of Brook, Lucy Caldicott, Director of Fundraising at CLIC Sargent, Danielle Atkinson, Head of Merlin Fundraising integration at Save the Children and Kirsty Stephenson, Digital Strategist at Child’s i Foundation. ## Advertisement The top 30 are listed, appropriately enough, in infographic format. [⌊Top 30 charity CEOs on social media⌉⌊Top 30 charity CEOs on social media⌉[ Source: http://zoeamar.com/2013/11/22/the-top-30-charity-ceos-on-social-media/ ## Social media guide for charity leaders As as result of their research, Amar and Collins have published a free [guide to help charity leaders use social media more effectively](http://zoeamar.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/social-media-for-charity-leaders-final.pdf). It includes advice from digital thought leaders such as Simon Blake, CEO of Brook, Alex Swallow, CEO of the Small Charities’ Coalition and Ben Matthews, Head of Communications at FutureGov. Zoe Amar said: > “The breadth of charities represented in the top 30 shows how a growing number > of CEOs are using social media as a tool to build support for their organisations > in a challenging climate.” Matt Collins added: > “Whilst there is much to celebrate, we know from our work that some charity leaders > are understandably still nervous about getting started with social media. Our > guide is here to help them”. * **[Five steps to planning a profitable event](https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/12/13/five-steps-planning-successful-fundraising-event/)**( 13 December 2013) * **[Trevor Green appointed Chief Barker of Variety, the Children’s Charity](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/01/11/trevor-green-appointed-chief-barker-variety-childrens-charity/)**( 11 January 2014) * **[Stephen Pidgeon joins VSO’s international board](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/01/24/stephen-pidgeon-joins-vsos-international-board/)**( 24 January 2014) ## Comments ### By: Carmel Murray - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/22/top-30-charity-ceos-social-media/#comment-3937 - Published: 2013-12-03T10:03:53+00:00 My name is Carmel Murray and I am the public relations officer at the ISPCA. We have a new CEO coming onboard in the new year and thought it would be great to have a copy of the free guide to pass on if you could email me a copy of send to Carmel Murray Public Relations Officer ISPCA Head Office Derryglogher Keenagh Co. Longford Thanks you. ### By: Howard Lake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/22/top-30-charity-ceos-social-media/#comment-3938 - Published: 2013-12-03T10:35:36+00:00 Thanks Carmel. You should be able to download the report directly from the page I linked to in the news item, from Zoe Amar’s website. ### By: Marios Morris - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/22/top-30-charity-ceos-social-media/#comment-3939 - Published: 2013-12-09T11:07:00+00:00 Are these listed in any particular order? ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/22/top-30-charity-ceos-social-media/#comment-3940 - Published: 2013-12-09T11:42:00+00:00 Good question. No, I don’t believe they are in an order. But I’ll ask Zoe Amar and Matt Collins to respond here. ### By: Zoe Amar - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/22/top-30-charity-ceos-social-media/#comment-3941 - Published: 2013-12-09T11:49:00+00:00 Thanks for your question Marios. Howard is right- they’re not ranked. We simply wanted to find 30 great examples of charity CEOs using social media well, as our focus was on best practice, not competition. Hope that is helpful. ### By: Matt Collins - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/22/top-30-charity-ceos-social-media/#comment-3942 - Published: 2013-12-09T11:55:00+00:00 Hi Marios, no, they aren’t listed in any particular order. We deliberately didn’t want to do a ranking of 1-30, preferring to focus on sharing best practice. ### By: Marios Morris - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/11/22/top-30-charity-ceos-social-media/#comment-3943 - Published: 2013-12-09T13:34:00+00:00 Hi All (@disqus\_lGhtzBAlYW:disqus @a17c31110c07766f967c8de56f9f378c:disqus@HowardLake: disqus ), thanks for the responses. Doing a piece on social media and careers; just wanted to make sure I used the right phrasing when mentioning this list 🙂